Common Iora

 Common Iora (Male)

Common Iora (Female)

Name: Common Iora

Size: 14 cm

Appearance: A small Yellowish green bird. Common in gardens and wooded places. Prominent white stripes of both male and female. Males have darker wings with black colour. 

Habitat: Mostly found in pairs, moving on the tree canopy in search of flower nectar, insects and caterpillars. 

Call: stretched calls of weeee..chu... Much like common tailor birds.  

Black Shouldered Kite

Name: Black Shouldered Kite
Size: 35 Cm
Appearance: A small raptor with Black wings and white feathery body and bright yellow claws.  Can be characterized by sharp forked tail. 
Habitat:  Often seen in open cultivation and urban locations mostly on wires and dead branches of trees. Nests relatively small trees but in upper parts of trees. 
Call: A nasal sound of Keeyaaa....